From Dusk Till Dawn – Chapter 5: The Black Shadow of Dawn
The group decided to move on immediately. Instead of getting there by boat, Karma used an old Ionian technique allowing them to transport to places they had vision of.
'Chisale Sa Eta Kyrievichi..'
Everyone sat around Karma as she opened a circle that sped up time where they were. The time stopped, and they vanished from their place and landed into the same island where they had vision of Jin. The place was very foggy, and had huge amounts of spirit energy waving through the air.
"Udyr and Soul, you go down the path where all that energy is emitting from. Lucian and Yasuo, you go look for Jin and Thresh. I will stay here and use my foresight to warn you when you are closing in on the enemy. Good luck."
With that, Soul and Udyr ravaged off on their path. Yasuo stood still for a bit, and Lucian confronted him.
"Yasuo, what is with the long look? We have no time to waste."
"My brother…is near…I can sense him from afar. Lucian, I want you to go on without me."
Lucian ignored his request. "You're crazy if you want to fight that guy alone. There is no way that you can take him-"
Karma interrupted. "You can't change his mind, Lucian. Yasuo has to be the one to kill Yone, and he has to do it alone."
Lucian grunted. "Fine, I'll just have to take all the kills to myself then."
"Karma…leave this area."
"Understood; be safe, young one." Karma vanished from the area.
'Why are you here, Yone? Why do you insist on me having to punish you for the past enmities you have put between us, as well as our family? You always did everything according to law, and you would have never gone against our father like you did. Why then, Yone? WHY?'
The wind shifted for a second, and it was blowing towards Yasuo now. He heard a tree branch fall, and he turned around to the area from where he heard it fall.
"You never were good at sneaking up on people, Yone."
Yone jumped out of the dark, and appeared before him. "I really didn't think you would come to this place, brother. Have you decided to join me?"
Yasuo instantly shifted his sword towards Yone, and let out a razor sharp wind gust just to the right of Yone. "I will say this for one last time. I have no tolerance for traitors, but most importantly…" Yasuo took it on the offensive, and dashed behind Yone. "You are not my brother."
Yone countered every attack Yasuo threw at him, as sparks went flying in each other's direction from the tip of their blades. Yasuo tripped, and Yone cut straight through Yasuo's armor.
"What a poor performance, Yasuo. You are already on deaths door and have failed to land one scratch on me. The difference from the last time we met is that I no longer care to talk. You are now an obstacle only GUARDING MY PATH!" Yone's eyes grew brighter, as he transformed the spirit energy around him into a cyclone. The cyclone went over Yone's blade, and ignited it in a spirit flame. In that moment, two shadow swords emerged from his blade from the left and right.
Yasuo was immediately rushed to his feet after dodging a nearly fatal attack from Yone. Yasuo's blade felt weak against the shadow blades of Yone.
"Hatoki!" Yone's shadow blades sent an electric current down Yasuo's blade, which sent shocking waves of pain straight back to Yasuo. The pain sent Yasuo flying backwards. He dropped his sword, which was ignited with the same dark fire that encompassed Yone's blade.
"You are no match for us. We are a breed of warriors, and don't hesitate to kill. WE ARE THE BLACK SHADOW OF DAWN!"
Yasuo got to his knee, and thought about the situation he was in. 'Wind and fire…Combined with spirit energy…Yone, you are a fool. This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. Zed may have taken you from the grave, but this time you will rest in peace.'
Yone thought Yasuo was mocking him by just sitting there. "Get back up and fight me, you disgrace!"
Yasuo sang a song on his flute to alter the wind patter back towards Yone. He was going to go for one last attack to end the battle. 'The wind has changed pace…this is over.'
Yone had enough. "If you won't move, then I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF!"
Yasuo threw his flute behind him, as he faded into the air. He increased his velocity while dashing around Yone, and he created a whirlwind. "SORYE GE TON!" Instantly, Yasuo flipped Yone up into the air and brutally struck him three times before sending him back to the ground. Once Yone hit the ground, the flames on his shadow sword had vanished, and he was grasping for air.
'Just as balance had dictated…The wind will extinguish the fire of wrath, and bring an end to the torment. If only it didn't have to be Yone…'
Yasuo hit the ground, and watched as his brother was dying before him. "Brother, why did you make me do this? You were foolish in putting all your power on the line for getting nothing in return. WHY YONE?"
"GO TO HELL, YASUO!"
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING BALANCE TO IONIA, NOT DARKNESS. YOU WEREN'T JUST A TOOL FOR POWER, YOU WERE MY BROTHER…and I loved you, Yone."
Yone took his last breath as his inner flame disappeared. "AGH….GYAAAAAAAA…."
Yasuo fell to the ground with tears rolling down Yone's dead body. He knew what had to happen in order for the mission to be complete, but he never knew how hard it would be to kill his own brother twice now. Even though he would not see Yone ever again, he wanted to leave him in peace this time and dig him a proper grave. He hauled Yone's body over to the side and dug a hole.
"Maybe this time you will not be awakened in your rest. I never wanted to create bounds between us…Lucian was right in saying I felt like I was just a shadow of who you were…Ionia's number one swordsmen that I could never defeat. It took me a long time away from Ionia to find myself, and now all that is left is to start from ground zero. Goodbye, my dear friend."
Yasuo laid Yone to rest, and covered the gap with some dust he collected in his whirlwind. With it, he enclosed the hole to make sure that no one would come near it and awaken Yone.
Yasuo called out for Karma. 'Karma…he's dead for good now. You may come out.'
Karma came behind Yasuo, and she saw the last few moments of Yasuo digging Yone's grave, and she put her hand on his back. "You too could use some rest, child. I know this moment is something that will take a while if not the rest of your life to get over, but we still need to move on for the time being. For now, take this spirit essence which I am gifting you." Karma's tether linked to Yasuo's spirit, and it healed him and comforted him.
"I never thought he would be so blind. My only regret is not being able to shed some light to the darkness in which he has gone to. Regardless, we should meet up with Lucian as soon as we can."
As soon as they were done, Yasuo decided to contact Udyr to see how he was doing with Soul.
'This is Yasuo, are you and Soul holding up there big guy?'
'Aha! I haven't had this much fun in a while. SPIRIT CRUSH! HYAAAAAAA!'
'Have you found anything yet?'
'Just a bunch of undead soldiers from Noxus; I cannot identify any of them. HEY SOUL, WATCH IT!'
Yasuo knew they were fine. So then, Yasuo tried to get contact with Lucian. 'This is Yasuo, have you found anything yet?'
'….'
'Lucian? LUCIAN, RESPOND!'
'...'
'Shit.'
Yasuo could not get a hold of Lucian. The way that everyone else had communicated was psychokinetically through their spirit senses. Lucian had no spirit essence, so instead he carried around a small micro chip that could sense what they were saying. The fact that Lucian wasn't replying led them to believe something was wrong.
Karma closed her eyes for a second. '…CLAIRVOYANCE!' Karma used her foresight ability to see where Lucian was. Once she spotted him, she was immediately distraught. "This is not good; Lucian has found the same dark reaper who took his wife. We can't let him get out of control, so we must hurry!"
With that, they left immediately for Lucian. On their way, they saw the micro chip broken and on the trail that they were following, therefore confirming Lucian's location.
'There's no way that this can go good. Lucian, why do you insist on doing things by yourself?'
They had finally caught sight of Lucian, and they were taken with the sight of him yelling while blasting off hundreds of rounds at Thresh. "THERE'S NO ESCAPING, YOU WRETCHED BASTARD THRESH!"
Karma fell over on the way there, and Yasuo wasn't fast enough to keep up with Lucian.
"Lucian, quit acting like an idiot! You cannot defeat the soul reaper alone!" Yasuo's words were not worth much. Lucian had gotten Thresh into a corner. He started beating the living hell out of him after he threw both his guns to the ground.
"THIS IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'VE TORMENTED." Lucian kicked him right in the face. "THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST SOMEONE PRECIOUS TO THEM." Lucian nailed Thresh right in the chest, and Thresh's lantern fell out of his hand. Lucian started getting angry when he saw that. "THIS LAST ONE… IS FOR SENNA. DIE!"
"I don't think so." Lucian was blown away by a huge spiritual force, but it did not come from Thresh. "Don't hurt my poor Thresh." It…was Ahri. "Make one more false move, and it will be the last move you make."
Yasuo was in more shock after seeing Ahri guarding Thresh. Lucian was still confused, but he didn't ask. Instead, Yasuo came forward. "Miss, don't hurt Lucian…you were looking for me, were you not?"
Ahri was surprised to see Yasuo, and she clenched her heart. "You came back, I don't believe it…"
'I can't believe it, but I am going to be forced to fight the once I love the most, right in this barren wasteland. Miss, don't get the wrong idea, but I will do whatever it takes to get you back. I couldn't save Yone...I'll be damned if I CAN'T SAVE YOU!'
(MORE COMING SOON – SORRY FOR RECENT DELAY)
